“Gilded Cage” Traps Readers in a Dark, Fantastical World & We Want More Already!

Author: Vic James Release Date: February 14, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre(s): Fantasy, Contemporary Series: The Dark Gifts Series Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon  I’m a sucker for a good dystopian fantasy and even more in love with unexpected series’ that create something completely new in that space. The author, […]

“Sleeping Giants” Awakens Humanity’s Thirst for Adventure & Shoots for the Stars

Author: Sylvain Neuvel Release Date: January 24, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre(s): Science Fiction, Fantasy Series: The Themis Files Review Spoilers:  GoodReads | Amazon  A young girl falls through the earth into the waiting palm of a giant hand, changing the world forever. Seventeen years later, that same girl, Rose, is in charge of a […]

“A Conversation in Blood” Brings Egil & Nix To Audiences With New, Rowdy Adventures

Author: Paul S. Kemp Release Date: January 24, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre(s): Fantasy Series: The Tales of Egil & Nix Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon  Jumping into a series without having read it from the start can be daunting, but A Conversation In Blood welcomes new readers with open arms and quickly immerses them in the […]

“The Bear and the Nightingale” Makes for a New Classic Fairy Tale

Author: Katherine Arden Release Date: January 10, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre(s): Fantasy Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon  The Bear and the Nightingale delivers an atmospheric fairy tale that curls around readers like the first tendrils of frost, slowly until it becomes all-enveloping and impossible to put down. This debut novel from Katherine Arden, the […]

‘This Census-Taker’ Counts Out More Questions than Answers in this Stark & Intriguing Novella

Author: China Miéville Release Date: January 3, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre(s): New Weird, Fantasy, Sci-Fi Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon “A boy ran down a hill path screaming. The boy was I.” Thus begins China Miéville’s latest novella in his self-described ‘new weird’ genre, This Census-Taker, which is available in paperback today. The story […]